by Client Client | Jan 21, 2025 | Libyan actors
There have been clashes in western Tripoli this week amid apparent tensions between Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior (MoI) Emad Trabelsi and Muhammed Bahroun (aka al-Far). On 21 January, GNU MoI Trabelsi gave a speech during a graduation...
by Client Client | Jan 21, 2025 | International actors
On 21 January in the evening, Osama Najeem (aka al-Masri) was released by the Italian authorities and flown back to Tripoli on board a business jet belonging to the Italian government. He was given a tri-umphant welcome by his supporters in Tripoli-Mitiga. Social...
by Client Client | Jan 20, 2025 | International actors
US Charge d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt discussed security cooperation and ‘how the United States can best support Libyan efforts to unify and professionalize military institutions’ in meetings with Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Security Units Khaled...
by Client Client | Jan 19, 2025 | International actors
On 19 January, the Italian authorities arrested Osama Najeem (aka al-Masri) in Turin acting on a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes accusations. According to Italian reports, Najeem was caught in a hotel following a tip from Interpol...
by Client Client | Jan 18, 2025 | International actors
On 18 January, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar in Cairo in the presence of the Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service Hassan Mahmoud Rashad. According to the spokesperson for the Egyptian...
by Client Client | Jan 16, 2025 | International actors
On 16 January, the UN Security Council discussed the Sanctions Regime on Libya and adopted resolution 2769 (2025) by a vote of 14 in favour to none against, with one abstention (Russian Federation). The resolution demanded full compliance with the arms embargo, called...
by Client Client | Jan 16, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 16 January, Othman al-Taher Issa, a leader of the Misrata 17 February Movement, was arrested by the Misrata Joint Force, which is led by Omar Abu Ghadada. On 16 January in the evening, several hundred protesters blocked the road in front of the People’s Hall on...
by Client Client | Jan 14, 2025 | International actors
On 14 January, the Italian Agenzia Nova news agency reported that ‘according to well-informed Libyan sources’, Russia is transferring men and equipment to the Maatan al-Sarah (Ma’tan as Sarah) airbase in the southeast of Libya. According to the report, Syrian soldiers...
by Client Client | Jan 13, 2025 | International actors
On 13 January, the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit, Mahmoud Ashour al-Ajili, made a working visit to Turkey, accompanied by a delegation of senior officials. They met with the Turkish intelligence force to enhance security cooperation and training within the...
by Client Client | Jan 12, 2025 | Libyan actors
After weeks of mounting tensions between Saddam Haftar, who has been tasked with securing the South, and Hassan al-Zadma, the powerful commander of the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 128 Brigade which controls much of the Fezzan region, events came to a head last...
